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Week 5 brings a number of exciting invites around the state. We break down all the big meets going on this weekend here! Enjoy this weeks edition of the Weekend Roundup! Palatine “Meet Of Champions” Invite Writer: Jackson Summy Boys Teams: 3A - #4 Arlington Heights (Hersey), #5 Winnetka (New Trier), #7 Palatine (Fremd), #8 Elmhurst (York), #9 Mt. Prospect (Prospect), #10 Plainfield North, #11 Lake Zurich, #15 Park Ridge (Maine South), #16 Libertyville, #17 Naperville (Neuqua

Illinois has produced its fair share of great high school runners. Some of these runners carried their success into college, whereas others may have struggled at the higher level. Other runners may not have had immense success in high school but excelled in college and have begun professional careers. Today we're looking back at some of our sport's best runners and where their journeys have led them. Josh Methner holds a household name in the Illinois high school running scen

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Here are your Week 3 team rankings! There was some serious movement this week with the second big Detweiller meet, Richard Spring, with most teams competing at Detweiller Park now, we have a good assessment on which teams stack up where. 3A Boys New Team Old 1 Plainfield South 1 2 Downers Grove North 2 3 St. Charles North 3 4 Arlington Heights (Hersey) 4 5 Winnetka (New Trier) 6 6 Naperville Central 12 7 Palatine (Fremd) 5 8 Elmhurst (York) 8 9 Mt. Prospect (Prospect) NR 10 P

Although Week 4 was an exciting week, there really wasn't too much movement this week. The key things that we saw this week are just reoccurences of what we've been seeing all season. A lot of athletes have really stepped up their game over the summer and they're showing it through consistently good performances. Enjoy your week 4 individual rankings! 3A Boys New Name Grade Team Old 1 Santiago Chavez Sr Burbank (Reavis) 1 2 Samuel Hill Sr St. Charles North 2 3 David Moore Sr

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It's time to vote for your weekly performers of the week! Something a little new this year will be a giveaway to our top weekly vote getter from a single week. Voting runs from Monday to Sunday so make sure to get your votes in! All previous winners will be listed below. Any athletes that use bots in order to get votes will be disqualified. Boys: Week 1: Santiago Chavez (Burbank [Reavis]) Week 2: Isaac Stein (Downers Grove [North]) Week 3: Cuyler Swanson (Morris) Girls: Week

We're already in week 4 of the 2026 cross country season! We break down all of the action going on this weekend in this weeks edition of the weekend roundup! Dale Donner Invite Writer: Ian Tancrell Boys Teams: 1A - #2 East Dubuque, #14 Rockford (Lutheran), #15 Elmwood, Aledo (Mercer County) Amboy, Cambridge, Erie-Prophetstown, Forreston, Grannville (Putnam County), Henry (H.-Senachwine), Kewanee, Kewanee (Wethersfield), LaSalle (L.-Peru), Manlius (Bureau Valley), Mendota, Min

Here are your Week 3 team rankings! There was some serious movement this week with the first big Detweiller meet, First to the Finish, making a big impact on the rankings. Among the 1A and 2A schools in particular, there are several teams that made serious improvements upon their preseason spots. While we are still only 3 weeks into the season, it is starting to become clear who has put the work in over the summer! MS Girls New Team Old 1 Metamora 2 2 Minooka 1 3 Mt. Prospect

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With the cross country season just getting underway, this week’s individual rankings feature relatively little movement, as most athletes have only had one opportunity to race. There were a few big performances that were enough to shake things up in the top of the rankings. Several runners made early statements with strong races, while others showed that their preseason ranking may have been too low. With bigger invitationals beginning to fill the schedule over the next few w

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It's time to vote for your weekly performers of the week! Something a little new this year will be a giveaway to our top weekly vote getter from a single week. Voting runs from Monday to Sunday so make sure to get your votes in! All previous winners will be listed below. Any athletes that use bots in order to get votes will be disqualified. Boys: Week 1: Santiago Chavez (Burbank [Reavis]) Week 2: Isaac Stein (Downers Grove [North]) Girls: Week 1: Kasyn Gibben (Havana) Week 2:

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We are getting closer to the release of the 2026 IHSA Cross Country Regional assignments, and with anticipation building across the state, we decided to see what an AI-generated model would come up with. Using the official list of schools classified for each class, we had AI predict the Regional assignments based primarily on two factors: geography and numeric balance. The model prioritized keeping schools in geographically logical groups while also attempting to distribute t

FTTF 1A Invite Writer: Brodie Peterson Boys Teams: #1 Eureka, #2 East Dubuque, #3 Clinton, #4 Elmwood, #5 Chillicothe (Illinois Valley Central), #6 El Paso-Gridley, #8 Delavan, #9 Williamsville, #11 Edwardsville (Metro-East Lutheran), #13 Herscher, #15 Rockford Christian, #16 Roxana, #17 St. Joseph-Ogden, #18 Murphysboro, #19 Fairbury (Prairie Central), #20 Rockford Lutheran, #21 Toledo (Cumberland); Abingdon-Avon, Anna-Jonesboro, Argenta-Oreana, Auburn, Aurora Christian, Bee

There are few meets on the Illinois cross country calendar quite like the First To The Finish Invitational. Every September, hundreds of runners make the trip to Peoria for one of their first major opportunities to race on the legendary Detweiller Park course. What makes the meet unique is the classification format, with the 1A, 2A and 3A teams separated into their own races. That gives fans an early opportunity to see how the best teams and individuals in each class stack up

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